23. Jan. to December 1989

1989

January to March

6 January 1989* (no number) [7.1] – Secretariat. A request from SEAN GARLAND, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party, Republic of Ireland. Memoranda from the Central Committee International Department and the KGB (21 December 1988). Refusal to provide “special training” for 5 people (2pp). [R 6 January 1989]

18 January 1989, St 95/62 [7.2] – Secretariat. A request from the Progressive Socialist Party of Lebanon. Special military training for 20 people annually (5pp). [R 18 Jan 89, St 95-62]

27 March 1989**, St 99/114[7.4] – Secretariat. Requests from leaders of the Communist Parties of Chile and Ecuador and the Chilean Socialist Party. “Special training” in clandestine work: Communist Party of Chile, 6 people; Communist Party of Ecuador, 1 person; Socialist Party of Chile, 2 people. Special training in communications for 6 members of the Chilean Communist Party (8 pp). [R 27 Mar 89, St 99-114]

April to June

19 May 1989** (no number) [7.4] – A request from leadership of the Chilean Communist Party. Central Committee International department memo. Assistance to Comrade LUIS CORVALAN in travelling from the USSR to one of the countries of Western Europe to obtain a Chilean passport for a subsequent legal return to Chile. [R 19 May 89]

22 June 1989**, St 102/124 [7.1] – Secretariat. Requests from the leadership of AKELfor “special training” for 2 people, and from the leadership of the Cyprus Progressive Party for “special training” for 2 people and for assistance in obtaining a legal status (5 pp). [R 22 Jun 89, St 102-124]

23 September 1989**, St 105/114 [7.4] – Secretariat. A request from Comrade ATHOS FAVA, Chairman of the Communist Party of Argentina for assistance to the Party in manufacturing fake Argentinean passports, identity cards, and receptacles for their transportation and storage (6 pp). [R 23 Sep 89, St 105-114]

October to December

14 November 1989*, 2292-K/OV [3.4; 4] – KGB memo (Kryuchkov) to Central Committee. SAKHAROV’s influence on the striking miners in Vorkuta; an analysis of his state of mind and his promises to the miners to provide them with high-quality lawyers (2 pp). [R 14 Nov 89, 2292-K-OV]